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| Subject: | [Chapter] Chapter 3. - Making Tracks |  |
| Date: | Mar 21, 2004 |
| From: | James Tainton | |
Chapter 3. - Making Tracks
Knowing how mind numbing and boring combining single link tracks can be, I choose to start the build with a concerted and concentrated attempt at getting these pesky things out of the way. When I built the first set with the other Panzer Ia- I ran into problems with too much glue ending up on a few of the pins, which resulted in the track melting somewhat and not being perfectly shaped any longer. I was a bit careless. This time I really wanted to treat this process with the due care and attention that it requires for the tracks to shine the way they should. There are no extras included with ModelKasten links so screw-ups are not an option. There ia a left side and right side links and each are clearly marked on the sprues. There is some minor clean-up at the attachement point to the sprue fret, which is easily accomplished with a piece of medium grit sandpaper. I choose to use Testors liquid cement as some of the pins that I glued into the tracks of the first Panzer Ia tracks I built, where I used CA glue, fell out. The Testors will gently weld the pins to the track link. Careful not to use too much! The process was as follows;
a. Two links are lined up.
b. The pin was gently inserted into the holes of the two links to be joined where...
c. a miniscule amount of Testors liquid glue was introduced.
d. The pin was then inserted the rest of the way in and broken off the sprue.
1. Fret with pins.
2. Single link
3. Left and right links on sprue. You can see that one side already has the pin and cotter pin molded on - the pins used to hold the links together are rounded on the ends. It is easy to see which side is which from this difference.
4. A length of finished track.
I found that it is best to build them 7 links at a time, one side at a time. Building in sets of seven will help you keep track of the number of links you have. After the correct amount is pinned together the groups can all be conjoined. |
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 | [BLOG] Panzerkampfwagen I (Sd.Kfz.101) Ausfuehrung A - James Tainton - Mar 18, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 1. - Roll Call - James Tainton - Mar 18, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1. - Roll Call - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 19, 2004 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 1. - Roll Call - James Tainton - Mar 21, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Getting the Goods on Panzer Is - James Tainton - Mar 19, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 3. - Making Tracks - James Tainton - Mar 21, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Transmission, Clutch, Steering Unit - James Tainton - Mar 22, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 5. - Body, Side and Driver Seat - James Tainton - Mar 23, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - Growth on the Inside - James Tainton - Mar 25, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - The Mechanical Guts - James Tainton - Mar 29, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - A Little Nip and Tuck - James Tainton - Apr 2, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Weathering and Transmission Access - James Tainton - Apr 17, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - More Bits - James Tainton - Apr 19, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Aber Vision Ports - James Tainton - Apr 24, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Aber Vision Ports - Robert Lu - Apr 24, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - More Vision Ports - James Tainton - Apr 26, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 13 - More Vision Port Fixings - James Tainton - Apr 28, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 14 - Mr. Surfacer and Off White - James Tainton - May 3, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 15 - More Work on the Interior - James Tainton - May 4, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 16 - Klapp for the Wolfmensch - James Tainton - May 24, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 17 - Hull Covers Done - James Tainton - May 27, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 18 - Nice wheels, man. - James Tainton - Jun 5, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 19 - Progress Pictures - James Tainton - Jun 7, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 20 - Drilling makes perfect... - James Tainton - Jun 9, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 21 - These Bolt Heads Will Drive You Nuts - James Tainton - Jun 14, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 22 - Kaltluftgräting - James Tainton - Jul 16, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 23 - Exhausts and aging. - James Tainton - Aug 7, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 24 - Top meets bottom - James Tainton - Aug 16, 2004 |
| . . . [Chapter] Chapter 25 - I have got a one track mind. - James Tainton - Aug 20, 2004 |
| . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 25 - I have got a one track mind. - Erik Forsgren - Dec 31, 2005 |
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